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Shock Totem Magazine
File:Shock Totem Issue 7.jpg
Shock Totem #7 Artwork created by Mikio Murakami.
EditorK. Allen Wood
CategoriesLiterature
FrequencyBi-annual
PublisherShock Totem Publications, LLC.
First issueJuly 2009
CountryUnited States
LanguageAmerican English, British English, Canadian English, Australian English
Websitewww.shocktotem.com
ISSN1944-110X

Shock Totem Publications (commonly referred to simply as Shock Totem) is an American small-press publisher specializing in dark fantasy and horror. It was founded in 2008 by author K. Allen Wood. He is assisted by John Boden and Nick Contor, Mercedes M. Yardley, Sarah Gomes, and numerous staff writers.

The debut issue of Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted, a digest-sized magazine of fiction and nonfiction, was first published in July 2009. To date, seven issues have been released, as well as one special digital-only holiday issue.

In May 2012, Shock Totem entered into the novel market with James Newman’s 2007 novel, The Wicked, which was revised and expanded with new artwork and an exclusive tie-in short story.

September 2012 saw the release of their first single-author collection, Beautiful Sorrows, by Mercedes M. Yardley.

Issue #1 Contributors

  • T.L. Morganfield
  • Jennifer Pelland
  • Mercedes M. Yardley
  • Les Berkley
  • Brian Rosenberger
  • Don D’Amassa
  • Pam L. Wallace
  • David Niall Wilson
  • Brian Rappatta
  • Kurt Newton

Also features conversations with William Ollie, Alan Robert (Life of Agony, Spoiler NYC), and the legendary John Skipp.

Issue #2 Contributors

  • Ricardo Bare
  • Kurt Newton
  • Leslianne Wilder
  • Vincent Pendergast
  • Cate Gardner
  • Grá Linnaea & Sarah Dunn
  • Nick Bronson
  • Christian A. Dumais
  • David Jack Bell

Also features a conversation with James Newman and nonfiction from Mercedes M. Yardley.

Issue #3 Contributors

Also features conversations with D. Harlan Wilson and Count Lyle of the band Ghoultown, and nonfiction from Mercedes M. Yardley.

Issue #4 Contributors

  • Lee Thompson
  • Tom Bordonaro
  • Rennie Sparks
  • David Busboom
  • Weston Ochse
  • Justin Paul Walters
  • Michael Penkas
  • Jaelithe Ingold
  • A.C. Wise

Also features conversations with Kathe Koja and Rennie Sparks of the band The Handsome Family, and nonfiction from K. Allen Wood.

Issue #4.5 (2011 Holiday Issue) Contributors

  • Mercedes M. Yardley
  • K. Allen Wood
  • Kevin J. Anderson
  • John Boden
  • Robert J. Duperre
  • Sarah Gomes
  • Nick Contor
  • Ryan Bridger

Also features anecdotal holiday recollections from Vincent Pendergast, Jennifer Pelland, Mark Allan Gunnells, Nick Cato, Stacey Longo, Leslianne Wilder, Jack Ketchum, Sheldon Higdon, Simon McCaffery, Daniel I. Russell, and Lee Thompson.

Issue #5 Contributors

Also features conversations with Jack Ketchum and nonfiction from Nick Contor.

Issue #6 Contributors

  • P.K. Gardner
  • Michael Wehunt
  • Lucia Starkey
  • Hubert Dade
  • Addison Clift
  • Jack Ketchum
  • John Guzman
  • Lee Thompson

Also features conversations with Gary McMahon and Lee Thompson, and nonfiction from Ryan Bridger.

Issue #7 Contributors

  • Victoria Jakes
  • Amberle L. Husbands
  • S. Clayton Rhodes
  • Dominik Parisien
  • William F. Nolan
  • Damien Walters Grintalis
  • Kristi DeMeester
  • M. Bennardo

Also features a conversations with Adam Cesare and nonfiction from Kurt Newton.

History

Shock Totem Publications, LLC was founded in 2008 by K. Allen Wood, and assisted by John Boden, Nick Contor, Chris Vrysen, and Michelle Howarth. After the release of issue #1 in 2009, contributor Mercedes M. Yardley joined the team as their nonfiction editor. Later, Sarah Gomes was officially added as a content reader. Nick Contor was replaced by Tom Bordonaro in 2012.

Originally meant to be a monthly e-zine, the decision was made to publish a bi-annual print digest in early 2009. In late 2011, Shock Totem came full circle and entered the digital realm by making available each issue as e-books. In 2012, they published their first novel and single-author collection.

Notes and references

1. Magazine Review: Shock Totem Issue #1 Fatally Yours, October 2009
2. Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted #1 Bookgasm, September 2009
3. Shock Totem #1 Horrorworld, September 2009
4. Shock Totem - Review Hellnotes, August 2009
5. Hellfire Right Out of the Gate: Shock Totem’s First Issue Brain Tremors, August 2009
6. Shock Totem 1: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted - Summer 2009 The Future Fire, July 2009
7. Interview with Editor/Publisher K. Allen Wood D.L. Snell’s Market Scoops, October 2009
8. Interview with Editor/Publisher K. Allen Wood Duotrope's Digest Editor Interview, June 2010
9. Review: Shock Totem #2 The Journal of Always, August 2010
10. Magazine Review: Shock Totem Issue #3 Fatally Yours, March 2011
11. Reviewed: Shock Totem Issue 3 The Crow's Caw, March 2011
12. Creating a Monster: Interview with Shock Totem Editor/Creator K. Allen Wood Toasted Cheese Interview, May 2011

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